Patient's question:
My son is 21 days old and has had diarrhea for over a week (yellow-green watery stools). Routine stool tests showed no abnormalities. How much lactase enzyme should he take (each tablet is 0.15 grams)?Doctor's answer:
Baby diarrhea may be caused by a cold in the abdomen or intestinal dysfunction, or an imbalance in the intestinal flora. You can take enzyme tablets or medication like Mimi Ai to regulate it. Generally, for babies of this age, taking one tablet of lactase once is sufficient. You can crush it and give it to the baby with warm water. At the beginning of diarrhea, the baby may experience mild dehydration, so the focus of care is to first replenish the body fluids lost by the baby.Mommy, you can choose any of the following methods for oral rehydration:
1. Homemade sugar saline solution. Add 10 grams of glucose or white sugar and 2~5 grams of salt to 500 milliliters of boiling water. Take 20~40 milliliters per kilogram of body weight within 4 hours. Any remaining can be taken anytime.
2. Salt rice porridge. Add 2 grams of salt to 500 milliliters of rice porridge and let the baby drink it like water.
3. Take the newly formulated oral rehydration solution (ORS): sodium chloride 3.5 grams, sodium bicarbonate 2.5 grams, potassium chloride 1.5 grams, anhydrous glucose 20 grams, and add water to 1000 milliliters.